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Chillicothe, IL’s Summer Camp festival has added several additional acts. The festival’s latest additions include: The Coop, White Rabbit, Miss Amphetamine, Quixotic and This Must Be. In addition, the festival has confirmed that The Appleseed Collective, Jennifer Hartswick Duo, Sonny Stubble and Spare Parts will play the festival’s Thursday pre-party event.

In related news, while at Summer Camp Umphrey’s McGee will host their second annual Golden Ticket contest. Fans can enter on Friday, May 25 2-4 PM next to Summer Camp’s Soulshine Tent. This year the band will off 500 Death By Stereo tote bags filled with a myriad of supplies from the UM HQ. Every bag’s contents will remain a mystery until fans have it their hands. Some prizes include: Death By Stereo Deluxe Packages (1 in 5 wins!), various UM posters, T-shirts, UMLives, download cards, mouse pads, puzzles, demo cassettes, CDs, Vinyl, stickers, and more.

Hidden in 20 bags will be golden tickets. Those tickets will contain such prizes as the chance to attend every Umphrey’s show for a year, photo pass access to the pit for Summer Camp, a private meet ‘n greet with the band, 2 tickets to the 5 shows of your choosing, a chance to play the set break music of your choice at a UM show, instant photo shoot with bassist Ryan Stasik, tickets to every Summer Camp late night show and other prizes.

The bags cost $30 and will benefit Food Patriots, a charity designed to educate the next generation about the importance of healthy, sustainable eating. Summer Camp will take place from May 25-27.

These buffoons can’t help themselves can they? It’s actually quite embarrassing really. Bad enough they rip off the Phish sound, song writing, show structure, etc but now their marketing?
Try and be creative, use a little energy to push your own ideas. Quit wishing you are Phish and concentrate on being yourselves!

Guy who thinks Billy's a dumbass May 9, 2012, 02:50:22

Billy’s a dumbass

timmy May 9, 2012, 17:02:55

Billy, calm down, your band is still good. No need to go in to your little tirade about how much you hate UM. I don’t find anything whatsoever similar with Phish and UM’s live shows. ( 50+ Phish shows) Phish is in there own stratosphere, UM do their thing, and I would say are much more unpredictable than Phish. Cinninger has his own very unique guitar style. No need to compare the two at all. They both are very capable of melting your face.

sense May 10, 2012, 01:18:48

billy, you are a turd faced classic phish head. Y’all are like the christians of the jamband scene. Always thinking your group’s stuff is the best, acting like no one else exists, and fervently supporting them as if they are the only band. You are a true Phishtian. Now go home and listen to billy breathes while you work your magic with those “tweezers”....and magnifiying glass.